“Out From Underneath” is the new album from Prism Shores, a Montreal band that fuses the lo-fi indie pop inspired by the C86 style, and the enveloping, dreamy atmosphere of early shoegaze. The album builds on the same foundations as many of the legendary labels of the 80s and 90s - such as Sarah Records, Creation and Flying Nun - but the band leaves a personal stamp that makes it unique and fresh.
Prism Shores are Montreal janglers with one foot planted in ramshackle C86-indebted indie pop and the other in the shimmer of early English shoegaze. While their sound is reminiscent of perennial genre reference points (Sarah, Creation, Flying Nun), the band leaves their own idiosyncratic stamp.
Out From Underneath, their new record due out January 17, 2025, on Meritorio Records, tackles young adult ennui and the adjustment of settling in an unfamiliar city, its lyrics dealing with the growing pains experienced during a time of upheaval. It is contemplative and chock-full of emotional depth; a nighttime album that channels self-reflexive melancholy into some form of catharsis.